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Ficha Formativa Reported speech

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Reported speech- QUESTIONS

If you put a question into Reported speech there are some steps which are the
same like in statements: (changing of the person, backshift of tenses, changing of
expressions of time).
In Reported speech there is no question anymore, the sentence becomes a
statement.
That's why the word order is: subject - verb
Question without question words (yes/no questions):
Peter: "Do you play football?" - Peter asked me whether (if) I played football.
Question with question words:
Peter: "When do you play football?" - Peter asked me when I played football.

1. Finish the sentences using Reported speech

1) Christopher: "Do you want to dance?"
Christopher asked me
2) Betty: "When did you come?"
Betty wanted to know
3) Mark: "Has John arrived?"
Mark asked me
4) Ronald: "Where does Maria park her car?"
Ronald asked me.
5) Elisabeth: "Did you watch the latest film?"
Elisabeth asked me
6) Mandy: "Can I help you?"
Mandy wanted to know
7) Andrew: "Will Mandy have lunch with Sue?"
Andrew asked me

8) Justin: "What are you doing?"

Justin asked me
9) Frank: "How much pocket money does Lisa get?"
Frank wanted to know
10) Anne: "Must I do the shopping?"
Anne asked
11) Mandy: "Are the boys reading the book?"
Yesterday Mandy asked me
12) Jason: "Who gave you the laptop?"
Yesterday Jason wanted to know
13) Robert: "Is Tim leaving on Friday?"
Yesterday Robert asked me
14) Daniel: "Will it rain tomorrow?"
Yesterday Daniel asked me
15) Jennifer: "Where do you play football today?"
Yesterday Jennifer wanted to know
16) Nancy: "Why didn't Nick go to New York last summer?"
Yesterday Nancy wanted to know
17) Barbara: "Must I do my homework this afternoon?"
Yesterday Barbara asked me
18) Linda: "Did Max fly to London two weeks ago?"
Yesterday Linda wanted to know
19) Grandmother: "Where are my glasses?"
Yesterday Grandmother asked me
20) A man: "When does the train to Liverpool leave?"
Yesterday a man asked me
2. Change the following questions into reported questions:
1. Martin asked, "What time is it?"
Martin asked what time
2. Martin asked, "Are you ill?"
Martin asked me if
3. Martin asked, "Have you bought a car yet?"
Martin asked if me if .a car yet.

4. Martin asked, "When are you going on holiday?"

Martin asked me when on holiday.
5. Martin asked, "Can you help me?"
Martin asked me if him.
6. Martin asked, "Do you have time tomorrow?"
Martin asked me if tomorrow.
7. Martin asked, "How long have you been living here?"
Martin asked me how long here.
8. Martin asked, "When did you get there?"
Martin asked me there.
9. Martin asked, "Have you seen her since the accident?"
Martin asked me if since the
accident.
10. Martin asked, "Why didn't you lock the door?"
Martin asked me why the door .